Lamb v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper. Oireuit Oov/rt. The facts in the above two cases are identical, and they are submitted upon the same abstract. Each of the above named plaintiff's brought an action to restrain by injunction the collection of a five per cent tax, levied upon the property of the plaintiffs respectively, voted in Newton township, Jasper county, in aid of the Iowa, Minnesota, and North Pacific Railroad Company.
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Appeal from Jasper. Oireuit Oov/rt. The facts in the above two cases are identical, and they are submitted upon the same abstract. Each of the above named plaintiff's brought an action to restrain by injunction the collection of a five per cent tax, levied upon the property of the plaintiffs respectively, voted in Newton township, Jasper county, in aid of the Iowa, Minnesota, and North Pacific Railroad Company. Upon the hearing of the canse the court rendered perpetual a temporary injunction theretofore granted as prayed. The defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
On the 10th day of March, 1871, the Iowa, Minnesota and North Pacific Railroad Company adopted articles *191of incorporation, declaring the object of the corporation to be “ to acquire, maintain and operate a railroad, commencing at a point hereafter to be determined upon, in the southern or southeastern portion of the State of Iowa, and running thence through the counties of Jasper, Story and Hamilton, via Newton, Nevada and "Webster City, in a northwesterly direction to the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa, with a view to connecting with the Nortli Pacific Eailroad.” About the same…
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